Submit a correction suggestion and help us fix it! He won the Daytona 500 in 1997, 1999, and 2005. [267], In 2013, DuPont Performance Coatings was sold to Carlyle Group and became Axalta Coating Systems, which ran with Gordon for 14 races during the season. Gordon broke double digits (10 victories in a season) for the first time in his career in 1996, culminating in a second-place finish in the standings. 1976  C. Yarborough [64] He finished the year fourth in the NASCAR standings, with three wins, 15 Top 5 finishes, and 20 Top 10 finishes. During the race weekend, Axalta arranged an event for more than 20 engineering students from the school, as the company's CEO is Texas A&M University alumnus Charles Shaver. Gordon won his 70th pole at the 2011 Aaron's 499 at Talladega after qualifying with a lap speed of 178.248 mph (286.862 km/h), breaking a 3rd-place tie with Cale Yarborough for most poles. Ten years ago, Jeff Gordon and Jeff Burton got together at @TXMotorSpeedway… and Gordon did not want to talk it out. Gordon's 2013 season started with a crash in the Sprint Unlimited on lap 15. At Richmond, he won the pole, but a fuel pump ended his day, causing him to finish 36th. [253][254], From 1993 to 2000, Gordon carried a rainbow scheme, designed by NASCAR artist Sam Bass, which was meant to represent DuPont's image as a "company of color". 88 at Indy", "Out of retirement, Jeff Gordon to replace Dale Earnhardt Jr. at Brickyard 400", "Jeff Gordon on his return at Indy: 'I got my butt kicked on restarts, "Jeff Gordon, Alex Bowman to drive No. 24 team. At the return to Pocono in August, Gordon ran his 42nd start at the track on his 42nd birthday,[165] and almost became the second driver of the season to win on his birthday, after Matt Kenseth had done so at Las Vegas. Three-time Daytona 500 winner. pic.twitter.com/EM5Vovjt24, — #NASCARPlayoffs on NBC (@NASCARonNBC) October 22, 2020, Let alone the crash, Gordon was livid at the fact that Burton got into such a position in the very first place that resulted in the crash. In the late 80's, he drove in the World of Outlaws series and picked up some feature wins.

[7], Gordon began driving the No. This was Gordon's eighth second-place finish since his last win came at Texas a year ago. [15], During the 1980s,[15] Gordon and his family had to overcome an insurance hurdle. 1954  L. Petty He led a few laps at the beginning of the race, but then purposely fell outside the Top 30 to avoid any trouble. Like a mummy at night fightin' with bright lightnin'. At one point, he had a 6 race streak of top 5 finishes[68]. 1961  N. Jarrett 1978  C. Yarborough, 1979  R. Petty [129], The following Sunday race at Atlanta was delayed due to rain, and was moved to Tuesday, due to a tropical storm (Lee) on the track on Monday.